Erich Fromm

Rainer Funk

First published in 1962 and long unavailable, BEYOND THE CHAINS OF ILLUSION is, only at first glance, a book about Marx and Freud--those two intellectual giants of the 20th century. Fromm here shows himself an outstanding interpreter of Marx. In all, Fromm's re-creation of the Freudian and Marxist way of thinking is, essentially, a look at the individual and society. BEYOND THE CHAINS OF ILLUSION will introduce many of today's readers to unknown aspects of Marx and Freud, as it also serves as a unique introduction to the life and mind of Erich Fromm as well. A new foreword by Fromm Literary Executor Rainer Funk puts this book into historic context and high relief.

My Encounter with Marx and Freud

Beyond the Chains of Illusion

Brigitte Stein

die seelischen Grundlagen einer neuen Gesellschaft

Haben oder Sein

الانسان دون قيود

The Erich Fromm Reader

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year Erich Fromm (1900-1980) is known to most readers as the author of the international bestseller The Art of Loving (1956). What may be less widely known is that Fromm was a social psychoanalyst whose psychoanalytic theories, developed around a humanistic concept of man and society, have had a profound impact on many fields and disciplines: on social life and societal organization, on politics, on religion, on psychotherapy and, last but not least, on the practice of mindfulness. Rainer Funk was Erich Fromm's last assistant. He wrote his dissertation about Fromm, was designated by Fromm's last will to be his sole literary executor, and is the editor of Fromm's writings. From his very intimate knowledge of Fromm's life and ideas, and his access to an archive that includes 6,000 letters, Funk introduces Fromm's central concepts and examines them in relation to Fromm's lived experiences and to his idea that life itself is an art. The question of "the art of living" runs through all of the chapters, from the Introduction, in which Funk describes meeting Fromm for the first time in 1972, to the last chapter, in which Funk reflects on the impact of Fromm's social-psychoanalytic writings and his efforts to live well.

The Life and Work of Erich Fromm

Life Itself Is an Art

Erich Fromm (1900-1980) is known to most readers as the author of the international bestseller The Art of Loving (1956). What may be less widely known is that Fromm was a social psychoanalyst whose psychoanalytic theories, developed around a humanistic concept of man and society, have had a profound impact on many fields and disciplines: on social life and societal organization, on politics, on religion, on psychotherapy and, last but not least, on the practice of mindfulness. Rainer Funk was Erich Fromm's last assistant. He wrote his dissertation about Fromm, was designated by Fromm's last will to be his sole literary executor, and is the editor of Fromm's writings. From his very intimate knowledge of Fromm's life and ideas, and his access to an archive that includes 6,000 letters, Funk introduces Fromm's central concepts and examines them in relation to Fromm's lived experiences and to his idea that life itself is an art. The question of "the art of living" runs through all of the chapters, from the Introduction, in which Funk describes meeting Fromm for the first time in 1972, to the last chapter, in which Funk reflects on the impact of Fromm's social-psychoanalytic writings and his efforts to live well.

It was Erich Fromm's conviction that psychoanalysis needs to retain Freud's essential insight into the unconscious while replacing his mechanistic-materialistic philosophy with a humanistic one. In this book, never before published in English, Fromm presents such a revision of psychoanalysis, one that is both humanistic and dialectical. The Revision of Psychoanalysis is Fromm's long-expected account of his own personal way of understanding and practicing psychoanalysis. Of special interest to today's readers are his continuing efforts to understand the meaning of sexuality, his critique of Herbert Marcuse's vision of psychoanalysis, and the implications of a Freudian analytical social psychology for the reform of social arrangements. This book is essential reading for psychologists and for social and political theorists in many disciplines. For psychoanalysts, it provides Fromm's most provocative and unique recommendations for the revision of psychoanalysis.

The Revision Of Psychoanalysis

"Rainer Funk's edited book is immensely valuable because it presents Fromm's clinical ideas and clinical style through the voice of his supervisees, students, colleagues, and friends. Funk's book provides a timely and important addition to our understanding of Fromm. It fills a gap in the secondary literature by demonstrating the way in which Fromm was an especially skillful and talented clinician, in addition to being a writer of great renown. By offering first-hand accounts of their work with Fromm, the contributors help readers to grasp how the "clinical Erich Fromm" worked in his psychoanalytic practice and how he conceptualized clinical case material. In the process, Funk's book deepens our appreciation of Fromm as a thinker, clinician, and a human being. Most importantly, this book illustrates the wealth of Fromm's approach, and picks it up at the moment when psychoanalytic psychotherapy is confronting a challenge to its whole way of thinking and practicing. It reveals how Fromm's therapeutic approach, which emphasizes direct encounter with the patient and values the contextualization of experience, remains directly relevant for the changing culture of contemporary psychotherapy."

Personal Accounts and Papers on Therapeutic Technique

The Clinical Erich Fromm

Discusses the influences of Erich Fromm, examines his conception of the nature of man, and analyzes his views of social psychology, philosophy, ethics, and religion

The Courage to be Human

Einblicke in seine psychoanalytische Praxis aus Sicht seiner Schüler

Erich Fromm als Therapeut

Die in dem Band ‚Aggression und menschliche Destruktivität‘ gesammelten Beiträge entstanden alle im Umkreis des großen Alterswerks von Erich Fromm, dem Buch ‚Anatomie der menschlichen Destruktivität‘. Was in dem über 500 Seiten umfassenden Buch von Fromm systematisch erforscht und dokumentiert wurde, lässt sich über die hier gesammelten Beiträge bestens erschließen, weil die Beiträge für eine breitere Öffentlichkeit verfasst oder in Interviews aus dem Stegreif von Fromm in alltagssprachlicher Begrifflichkeit entwickelt wurden. Auch geben sie – wie etwa der erste Beitrag und das große Interview mit Adelbert Reif – einen Überblick über die zentralen Erkenntnisse Fromms bei der so komplizierten Frage, worin das destruktive Verhalten des Menschen wurzelt. Da vieles von dem, was in den Siebziger Jahren breit diskutiert wurde, heute in Vergessenheit geraten zu sein scheint, sind die Beiträge angesichts der terroristischen Gewalt im Einundzwanzigsten Jahrhundert von größter Aktualität. Die Beiträge im Einzelnen - Aggression. Warum ist der Mensch destruktiv? - Quellen menschlicher Destruktivität - Konrad Lorenz hat nicht recht - Die Zukunft des Menschen und die Frage der Destruktivität. Interview mit Robert Jungk - Aggression und Charakter. Interview mit Adelbert Reif - Rache des ungelebten Lebens. Erich Fromm über Katastrophenfilme

Aggression und menschliche Destruktivität

Wie sollen wir leben in Zeiten, in denen so viel Wert auf Äußerlichkeiten gelegt wird? Wie können wir uns orientieren in der Vielfalt der Warenangebote und Lebensoptionen? Der Psychotherapeut Erich Fromm hat als einer der ersten gezeigt: Es ist wichtig, die eigenen Kräfte zu entdecken. Im Mittelpunkt steht dabei nicht, was ein Mensch denkt und sagt, sondern was er fühlt, will und was ihn antreibt. Rainer Funk verschafft mit diesem klugen, lebensnahen Buch einen Einblick in Leben und Werk eines der einflussreichsten Denkers des 20. Jahrhunderts, dessen Bücher "Die Kunst des Liebens" und "Haben oder Sein" weltbekannt sind.

Einführung in Leben und Werk von Erich Fromm

Das Leben selbst ist eine Kunst

Michael Kessler

Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart

Akten des internationalen, interdisziplinären Symposions Stuttgart-Hohenheim, 31.5.-2.6.1991, Akademie der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Institut für Fort- und Weiterbildung der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart in Verbindung mit der Internationalen Erich-Fromm-Gesellschaft

Erich Fromm und die Frankfurter Schule

¿Rainer Funk¿s edited book is immensely valuable because it presents Fromm¿s clinical ideas and clinical style through the voice of his supervisees, students, colleagues, and friends. Funk's book provides a timely and important addition to our understanding of Fromm. It fills a gap in the secondary literature by demonstrating the way in which Fromm was an especially skillful and talented clinician, in addition to being a writer of great renown

This lavishly illustrated biography covers Fromm's entire life, from his traditional Jewish upbringing to his association with the Frankfurt School. Fromm's work (1900-1980) is more compelling and popular in our century than ever before. It took a decisive turn as he encountered Freudian psychoanalysis--even as Fromm critiqued it throughout much of his lifetime. Funk covers with great sensitivity Fromm's seminal work with the so-called Frankfurt School of social critics as well as his break with it, his move to the U.S., his personal and professional relationship with Karen Horney, his associations with The New School in New York City and with D.T. Suzuki--living in Mexico "part time." More than 200 photographs and other memorabilia make this a compelling pictorial biography.

Rainer Funk

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